Yeah & Nah (Explicit)-Oddisee

[Verse 1] I've been learning how to be quite I've been learning how to be violent Have my demonstration in silence Or just end the waiting with riots Put my business out in that street or be discreet with mine and keep minding Turn that cheek of mine and keep smiling Or my peeps and I be wild'ing All these rules are made for upholding, pick up pieces of them I broke and Best protect my neck cause Inspectah Deck said they be out for your throat and I'm just breathing out in the open being fresh is all that I know and Just now learning about discern and how we reap the guade we sewing Yeah my karma bad and I know it, any heart I've had, I stole it Got a haunted past and a daunting task of owning up to my colon Any mess I made from a dress I dropped and the dresser top where I left a note Expressing why myself and I just shut the door and left the spot was definitely not The smartest choice but heart and voice don't always see things eye to eye Bird and bee sting ain't a you and thing Just the laws that this life applied That I'm living by and I'm getting by And this is why, I watch my back When karma attacks I just want to be ready But ain't no preparing for that [Hook] Is all about the business? Yeah and no All for the music and lyrics? Yeah and no Do I f**k with niggas? Yeah and no Do I care about who gon hear this? Yeah and no Am I in it for the fame? Yean and no Do I care if you know my name? Yeah and no And do I like to entertain? Yeah and no Am I really built for this game? Yeah and no [Verse 2] One eye always open, attentions undivided Focusing while y'all scoping in On the moves I make cause I'm rising Yeast flow from the east coast Three piece flow and this bespoke Never off of consignment, what y'all speak I don't be buying Judge a n***a off what he do, not what he say or who he with Y'all talk but ain't even bout shit Let them keep gossiping, don't mind them Pathetic really find them Cause their future seems behind them They mad at me cause gradually presume with my inclining I got no choice, this all I know, this all I want, this all I do Don't blame me, you the man in the mirror and your fingers pointing, all at you While y'all was drinking and smoking, I was thinking knowing this happen Y'all was hoping for action, I was making so a ship with a captain Cutting out all the distractions Can't make a living relaxing Already learned, nobody giving me turns That is no question so I don't bother asking Im'a just go the max and stay on the path and burn this s**t is lasting Life is a test of your nerves And only a B***h would think I'm a bastard, word [Hook]